Manchester United manager Erik Ten Hag had a heated exchange with former Red Devils goalkeeper Petr Schmeichel.
Manchester United are piling up bad results at the moment. As is often the case in these circumstances, the spikes emanating from outside are acidic. After the disappointing result against Galatasaray in the Champions League, manager Erik Ten Hag had a spat with club legend Peter Schmeichel.
Ten Hag defends his players
During an intervention on English media, the Batavian coach did not appreciate that the Dane attacked his troops and questioned their qualities.
Peter Schmeichel calls out Erik ten Hag in awkward interview after Man United boss tried to dodge blaming ‘individuals’ for losing a two-goal lead https://t.co/0GS3MOk0OK
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” I’m disappointed “, Ten Hag began. “We did a lot of things very well, but when you lead 2-0 and 3-1 twice, you have to defend better. And we defended poorly as a team, we should have done better.”
Schmeichel then replied: “Are you talking about poor collective defense? I feel like the defense worked well today and defended well, but there were some individual mistakes. Worried you don’t have the right type of players to get the team where you want to be? “
And this is where the Dutch technician got carried away. ” No ! We are in a project and we must learn from it. Football is a game of mistakes and the details make the difference. We made mistakes as a team and we were punished for that.”
